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Half an hour before daybreak three of the boys assembled, as they agreed near 
the old bridge. The fourth, a boy by the name of Tolly, 'had not turned up. His 
absence did not greatly surprise the others. They knew that his mother did not 
want him to come on this expedition into the forest. 
Charles who was the oldest and their accepted leader, waded downstream to 
the place where their boat was tied up in the shelter of some overhanging 
bushes. Then he rowed the boat back to the shallow water near the bridge, 
where the boys loaded it with the provisions, blankets and other things which 
they were taking on their journey. 
Dawn was just breaking as they climbed into their boat and pushed off from the 
bank. A swift current carried them downstream, so there was no need to row. 
They took it in turns to keep the boat in the centre of the river. Three hours 
later they entered the forest where they intended to spend the next few days. 
"Let's go ashore now and make some tea," suggested Charles. "No one will see 
us here." 
It was forbidden to light fires in the forest, but people rarely came this way. 
While Charles tied the boat up, the other two boys set about gathering wood 
for a fire. When they came back, each with a large handful of sticks, they 
found Charles looking very worried. 
"We haven't got any matches," he announced gloomily. "Tolly was going to bring 
them." 
This was bad news. They were miles away now from the nearest shop. 
 
BYRNE, Donn. Intermediate Comprehension Passages. São Paulo: Longman, 1993.